Lookout Mountain is a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States. Bordering its sister town of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,641 at the 2020 census. The city is located on Lookout Mountain, home to such attractions as Rock City. This city is often named as home to Covenant College, but the college is actually across the county line in Dade County.
Geography
Lookout Mountain is located at (34.975307, -85.354826).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lookout Mountain had a population of 1,641.
The median age was 40.4 years. 27.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.4% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males age 18 and over.
68.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 31.4% lived in rural areas.
There were 611 households and 465 families in the city. Of all households, 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Married-couple households made up 65.6% of households, households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present made up 10.1%, and households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present made up 22.3%. About 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|White (non-Hispanic)
|1,522
|92.75%
|-
|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|8
|0.49%
|-
|Native American
|1
|0.06%
|-
|Asian
|6
|0.37%
|-
|Other/Mixed
|77
|4.69%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|27
|1.65%
|}
2000 census
As of the census